Prizes for Social Sciences

Selwyn Prize in History / Mō te Hirangi i Roto i Te Tari Tumu Kōrero

The Selwyn Prize in History / Mō te Hirangi i Roto I Te Tari Tumu Kōrero Prize is awarded to a top student at undergraduate level, majoring in History.

Taylor Prize in History

The Taylor Prize in History is awarded to the top student at either third year or Honours level, majoring in History, and after due consideration of the student’s academic performance as a whole over the period of study for the degree.

Kathrine M. Bell Memorial Prize in Geography

The Kathrine M. Bell Memorial Prize in Geography is awarded annually to the best student of the year, taking third year papers in Geography as a main subject, in a first degree at the University of Waikato.

NZPI (Waikato Branch) Outstanding Planning Student Prize

The NZPI (Waikato Branch) Outstanding Planning Student Prize, is awarded annually to an outstanding student who achieves consistently high marks averaged across all compulsory Environmental Planning coded papers studied in the student’s fourth (final) year of the Bachelor of Environmental Planning degree; and has exhibited a willingness to contribute to the discipline of Environmental Planning and/or the Environmental Planning community at the University of Waikato.

Luke O'Dwyer Environmental Planning Prize

The Luke O'Dwyer Environmental Planning Prize is awarded annually to a student who achieves a B+ average across all compulsory Environmental Planning coded papers, up to and including the third year of the Bachelor of Environmental Planning degree, and exhibits the following attributes in class and group settings: excellent communication skills, strong contribution to class, collaboration with colleagues and being solution-focused.

Ailsa M. Snow Prize in Philosophy

This Prize was first established in 1981 by Ailsa M. Snow (BA). It was then known as the Prior Society Prize in Philosophy. The name of the award was changed in 2010, to the Ailsa M. Snow Prize in Philosophy, at the behest of her sons. The Prize will be awarded annually to an undergraduate student, majoring in Philosophy, who, in the year of the award, has taken 300 level papers in Philosophy and has shown outstanding ability in that subject.

Rudi Ziedins Prize in Philosophy

The Prize will be awarded annually to the most outstanding student, enrolled full-time, taking two or more courses in Philosophy, at either Part I or Part II, in the year of the award.